TE ATAMIRA is a multi-purpose, community arts and cultural space in the heart of the Whakatipu region of Aotearoa
New Zealand.


Te Atamira offers a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, workshops, classes, performances, events and talks designed for everyone to be creative, every day.

We have 22 purpose-built spaces, including an art gallery, dance studios, performance spaces, a recording studio, music teaching and rehearsal rooms, a pottery studio, art workshop and a community project space.

Te Atamira, which means platform or stage in te reo Māori, strives to be a place for all to practice, produce, experience, participate in and be inspired by the arts.


BAILEE LOBB'S

In Bathing, Bask
considers how spaces can act as a supportive environment for stimming, sensory processing and soothing the nervous system.

WHAT’S ON

WHAT’S ON

Exhibition
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Drop-in Sessions
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Nov 14
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Dec 31, 2025
Love Notes by Ed Cruikshank

Love Notes by Ed Cruikshank

Free
Venue:
FOYER

This interactive project invites you to write a message of love and send it to the world, in a specially made interactive artwork.

Exhibition
,
Dec 14
-
Mar 30, 2025
Use Your Words

Use Your Words

Free
Venue:
MANAAKI NUI

Use Your Words is a visual art exhibition that celebrates the profound power of language through the lens of four essential words: Mautohe | Protest, Aroha | Love, Mātauranga | Wisdom, and Auaha | Create. Featuring a diverse array of artists and creatives, the exhibition draws connections between these words and how they have shaped personal and collective experiences. Open daily until 30 March 2025.

Wellbeing
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Workshops + Classes
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Feb 3
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Feb 24, 2025
You Are Your Purpose - A Personal Empowerment Workshop

You Are Your Purpose - A Personal Empowerment Workshop

$33 + Booking Fee
Venue:
MAHI TAHI

Wellbeing is a journey, not a destination. Join award winning Wellbeing Specialist Chenin Madden for a series of personal empowerment workshops to help you grow personally, professionally and spiritually. Mondays 3, 10, 17 and 24 February

Workshops + Classes
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Feb 11
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Mar 11, 2025
Community Draw

Community Draw

FREE
Venue:
PUĀWAI

Join us with sketchbook and pencil in hand for Community Draw, on the second Tuesday of every month. No experience necessary - come along and embrace the joy of different approaches to drawing. Next event: Tuesday 11 March 2025, 6:30 - 8pm

Drop-in Sessions
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Feb 15
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Dec 19, 2025
Saturday Arts Social

Saturday Arts Social

FREE
Venue:
Te Atamira

Saturday Arts Social is a multi-arts programme and morning tea designed for our 60+ community. We gather every Saturday morning for a broad programme of events including concerts, art workshops, dance/movement classes and artist talks. Next event: Saturday 22 February, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Dance
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Feb 18
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Mar 18, 2025
Community Dance

Community Dance

Free
Venue:
PUĀWAI

Calling all dance enthusiasts and rhythmic explorers, on the third Tuesday of every month! Join us for a dance class - open to all levels and ages, no RSVP required, just drop in and let's dance! Next event: Tuesday 18 February, 7pm - 8pm

Exhibition
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Feb 20
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Mar 16, 2025
Pueblo de Tambores - Images and sounds from Afro-Colombia

Pueblo de Tambores - Images and sounds from Afro-Colombia

Venue:
WHAKAARI

An audio-visual experience that takes the viewer on a journey along 'rio y mar', river and sea, through the percussive music of artists striving to pass their culture on to the next generation. Exhibition opening: Friday 21 February, 5pm

Live Music
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Mar 4
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Mar 4, 2025
Community Sing

Community Sing

FREE
Venue:
TE ATAMIRA

Bring your voice and join us for Community Sing, on the first Tuesday of every month. No need to read music or sing in key – just come and experience the joy of singing, and singing with others. Next event: Tuesday 4 March 2025, 7pm - 8pm

Exhibition
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Mar 20
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May 4, 2025
Alta (2016-2024)

Alta (2016-2024)

Free
Venue:
MANAAKI NUI

Explore memory, place, and change in Alta (2016-2024), Marc Blake's immersive exhibition. Featuring eight years of photographs centered on a solitary basketball hoop in Queenstown's Kawarau Falls Park, this dreamlike installation invites reflection on memory, isolation and transformation. Exhibition opening: Thursday 20 March, 5:30pm

VISIT US

VISIT US

FACILITIES

OUR SPACES

RUA

TWO

Dance studios
WITH BARRE AND MIRROR, SPRUNG FLOORs

RUA

TWO

Performance spaces
WITH WOODEN FLOORS

TAHI

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Project Space

TAHI

ONE

Workshop / Teaching space

TAHI

ONE

Curated gallery
SHOWCASING LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTISTS

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SIX

Itinerant music rooms

ONO

SIX

Visual arts studios

TAHI

ONE

Recording studio

TAHI

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Flexible / Youth space

WRITING

WRITING

18 November 2024
Le Satauro | The Cross: Lyle Penisula

Le Satauro | The Cross: Lyle Penisula

29 October 2024
In conversation with: John Reynolds

In conversation with: John Reynolds

19 September 2024
A fire that blackened the rocks

A fire that blackened the rocks

25 JULY 2024
Te Whare Pora: House of Learning

Te Whare Pora: House of Learning

7 February 2024
Īnakinaki - Wi Taepa and Kristin O'Sullivan Peren

Īnakinaki - Wi Taepa and Kristin O'Sullivan Peren

22 JANUARY 2024
rain is a dance of droplets - small holes in the silence

rain is a dance of droplets - small holes in the silence

5 OCTOBER 2023
A touch of AWE: Justine Cormack and Benjamin Baker

A touch of AWE: Justine Cormack and Benjamin Baker

16 OCTOBER 2023
A Migrant's Path: Abhi Chinniah

A Migrant's Path: Abhi Chinniah

22 JULY 2023
Art in Chaos: Marci Tackett

Art in Chaos: Marci Tackett

15 AUGUST 2023
In conversation with: Lloyd Osborne and Shabnam Shiwan

In conversation with: Lloyd Osborne and Shabnam Shiwan

24 NOVEMBER 2023
Melissa Macleod: stones, soil, silt and bones

Melissa Macleod: stones, soil, silt and bones

1 OCTOBER 2023
Abhi Chinniah: Art That Lives Here

Abhi Chinniah: Art That Lives Here

5 May 2023
Stone Moves, an interview with Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux

Stone Moves, an interview with Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux

April 2023
Other frequencies: a response to Stone Moves

Other frequencies: a response to Stone Moves

9 March 2023
Exchange and the making of meaning: Cindy Huang

Exchange and the making of meaning: Cindy Huang

22 February 2023
Tread Carefully, Something Precious is Underfoot: Cindy Huang

Tread Carefully, Something Precious is Underfoot: Cindy Huang

18 January 2023
The Secret Poet: Shane Woolridge

The Secret Poet: Shane Woolridge

22 December 2022
Pushing the boundaries of science, art and activism: Mandy Barker

Pushing the boundaries of science, art and activism: Mandy Barker

11 September 2022
If you can cry, you can sing: Margaret O'Hanlon

If you can cry, you can sing: Margaret O'Hanlon

16 August 2022
Pressure, surface, tension: Kyla Cresswell, Emma Kitson and Kim Lowe

Pressure, surface, tension: Kyla Cresswell, Emma Kitson and Kim Lowe

22 July 2022
OPEN STUDIO: Kaiwhakairo Steve Solomon

OPEN STUDIO: Kaiwhakairo Steve Solomon

28 June 2022
Happy accidents: Jasmine Clark

Happy accidents: Jasmine Clark

9 May 2022
Ethics of respect, team work and creative thinking: Kay Turner

Ethics of respect, team work and creative thinking: Kay Turner

4 May 2022
Energy is my source: Sunny Sky

Energy is my source: Sunny Sky

2 May 2022
See emotions for the fleetingness of what they truly are: Anna Stuart

See emotions for the fleetingness of what they truly are: Anna Stuart

23 April 2022
Frameworks of care: Bailee Lobb

Frameworks of care: Bailee Lobb

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